instablog9ja Invictus Obi pleads guilty to N4.2 billion fraud in the U.S, to be sentenced in October .
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Invictus Obi (Obinwanne Okeke), the Forbes-celebrated Nigerian businessman who was arrested in the United States last year, has pleaded guilty to $11 million (N4.2 billion) fraud, PremiumTimes reports.
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According to the report, Okeke, 32, admitted to American prosecutors that he was involved in computer-based fraud between 2015 and 2019.
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Joshua Stueve, a spokesperson for the United States District Court for Eastern District of Virginia, revealed that the suspect could spend 20 years maximum penalty in an American jail.
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He would be sentenced on October 22, Mr Stueve said. Robert Krask, an American judge of the district, certified the guilty plea on Thursday morning.
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Okeke and other alleged conspirators said to still be at large were accused of targeting American businesses in a probe led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
